Tire carrier



Oct. 22, 1929. O, Q BQRNHQLT 1,732,877

' TIRE CARRIER Filed July 28. 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR. flscar 'flomkolt BY Wm A TTORNEYY Oct. 22, 1929. BORNHOLT v 1,732,377

r TIRE CARRIER A TTORNEYJ of the side Walls. These flat seats represent substantially depressed pockets formed in the side walls of the carrier, the flattened out portions 10 of each side wall being in alinement and forming thereby the seating pockets for the rim-supporting clips 11.

The rim supporting clips 1] are seated upon the flat upper surfaces 10 and are held in position by rivets 12 or other fastening devices. It is to be further observed that the heads 18 of the fastening rivets 12 which unite the clips 11 and the seats formed in the ring carrier lie substantially flush with the upper edges of the side walls of the ring carrier. By this constructionthe clips are not superimposed upon or extend above the upper edges of the side walls of the carrier but are so positioned in the pockets formed in the carrier that their upper edges and the upper surfaces of the heads 13 of the rivets l2 lie substantially flush with the upper edges of the side walls of the carrier.

The carrier ring may be provided with any suitable means for retaining the spare tire 14in position thereon. I have shown a construction embodying a clamp member 15 which is fixedly attached by member 16 to the carrier ring and a removable jaw 17 retained in position by a removable bolt 18 coacting therewith as shown in Fig. 2. Any approved locking device may be used for retaining this jaw in a locked position and against unauthorized removal.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A ring type tire carrier of substantially V-shaped cross section, and having side walls spaced apart a substantial distance at their upper ends and converging and connected at their lower ends by a relatively narrow central section.

2. A tire carrier having side walls converging at a material angle toward the central section of the carrier and connected at such section by a narrow strip of material, said strip throughout its width being curved, said carrier being of substantially V-shaped cross section.

3. A tire carrier having spaced side walls at its periphery and pockets formed by depressing the material at the upper ends of said side Walls to provide oppositely disposed seats below the periphery of the walls of the carrier.

4. A tire car ier having spaced side walls at its periphery and pockets formed by depressing the material at the upper ends .of said side walls to provide oppositely disposed seats below the periphery of the walls of the carrier and rim clips seated in said pockets and united to the depressed material of said side walls.

5. v A tire carrier having spaced side walls at its periphery, pockets formed by depressing the material at the upper ends of said side walls to provide oppositely disposed seats below the periphery of the walls of the carrier and rim clips seated in said pockets and united to the depressed material of said side walls, the base of said clips lying substantially within the plane of the outer edges of the side walls of said carrier.

6. A tire carrier for automobiles comprising a ring of substantially circular formation, and of substantially V-shaped cross section said ring having an exteriorly rounded central section of narrow width, side walls spaced apart a substantial distance at their upper ends and converging and connected at their lower ends by said narrow central section, rim seats connected with said carrierand means for clamping the rim on the carrier.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

OSCAR o. BORNHOLT. 

